FOC Day 9 - Focused?

On Thursday the team is allowed to wake up like normal people. Tiff comes in to clap her hands and get you all out of bed and getting cleaned up for breakfast. No activities, no early morning workout. Even though there is a lot of dumb reality TV shit at FUTA, it is still about soccer. Tomorrow is the first big game and you have to get ready. FUTA won't screw with you today.

At breakfast, you know something is going to happen because the camera people are there.

Lulu and Moxxi walk in. The announcers are all dressed up for TV while you and all the other players are not... you all have shorts and t-shirts on and everyone's hair is in a ponytail or something. Nobody has makeup on... but this is what FUTA is about. It just feels kind of voyeuristic this morning.

"Listen up, Ladies," Lulu announces in her no-nonsense way. "Let's talk about tomorrow. Pink versus Green. Red versus White. Blue versus Yellow."

The dining hall gets loud fast. This is a huge announcement, and so sudden! You know who you are playing against now... This is so big.

"Couple things," Moxxie says with a big smile. "You remember how winners get the lodge and losers don't? Let's talk about the details! Losers also have to give up their phones. Oh, and losers can't leave camp without being disqualified from the show, but winners still can under special circumstances." She is absolutely relishing this, but you and the others are all devastated.

Yeah... there was something about this in the contract, but you didn't think you would actually be **** to stay here while the show was shooting... and giving up your phone? You can't remember even going a day without it before. Now you won't be able to have it at all? Well, only if you lose...

"...and while winners go to the Lodge, losers go to a very special place!" Moxxi claps her hands excitedly. "So look forward to that."

They leave, and the dining hall is in chaos. It takes the coaches a minute to calm everyone down.

"Pull it together guys," Tiff says. "This isn't anything to freak out over. Be on the field in half an hour."

You and the others go back to the cabin to change and get ready. Now you have to practice, but your phone is ringing. You stop to answer it, watching Elena squeeze into some tight shorts.

"Riley!"

"Mom?" You are surprised she's calling so early. "What's wrong?"

"Well, it's about your dad," she says.

"Oh my God. Is he OK?" you ask.

"He's fine. He's getting married."

"What? What the fuck?" you say. "To you?"

"Of course not. It's someone new, but they got engaged yesterday and your sister says he hasn't told you."

"Oh my God." You close your eyes. Your dad is such a mess. "OK. Thanks for telling me. When's the wedding?" This will be your dad's third wife...

"Pretty soon. Are you doing OK?"

"I'm good. It just got real over here. It's gonna suck if we lose."

"Baby, it's sports. You'll lose sometimes."

"I know. And it'll suck when I do," you say honestly. "I have to go practice, mom."

"OK. Love you."

You hang up. Ugh. Thursday.

Now that Tiff knows you're up against Green Team, she has special drills prepared for you. You spend all morning working hard. After lunch, you find yourself in a classroom with Tiff and the team to get serious about Green Team. You have the clips that you won from yesterday's pillow event to study some of Green Team's members.

For four hours, you sit with your team and talk. Some of you know members of Green Team, and you share that information. When you conclude the planning session, this is what you know:

Green Team has a lot of extremely physically tough girls.

Green Team has exceptional synergy and teamwork because several of the girls know each other.

Green Team's captain is a strong leader.

CAM is Green Team's strongest player by far.

Cheryl, the goalkeeper, isn't perfect, but she is not afraid of anything at all.

Their attackers and defenders... they all know each other, but the midfielders seem more diverse. Maybe that's important.

At dinner, Tiff warns you to be extremely careful this evening to not get into trouble, and above all, to not get hurt.

You all head back to the cabin, where some of the girls are nervous, but they all show it in different ways. Lara is acting especially cocky, and Rebecca already has her nose in a book.

You want to check on Max, but you see Lara walk past and slap her on the bottom. Max jumps in surprise and blushes, putting her hands over her rear, but Lara's already walking away. Max looks thoughtful for a moment... then goes back to her bed. You go to her.

"Should I talk to her?" you ask her.

Max laughs. "It's sports. I don't care."

"Even so," you say, loudly enough that Lara can hear you. "Sexual harrassment is super bad."

"Sorry. Were you feeling left out?" Lara comes back by and gives you a slap too. Great.

"Elena, our rebellious daughter is being rebellious," you say to Elena.

"Punish her," Elena says with a yawn. She's not nervous at all, lying on her bed, texting.

"Pound me, Mommy," Lara says, rummaging through her bag.

"You mean ground me?" you ask.

"Sure," Lara says.

"God." You roll your eyes. Max looks sympathetic. You go text your family, which is still all fired up over your dad's remarriage.

They're idiots. Speaking of idiots, why is Sun walking around totally naked? And why does Lili have to wear a lacy thong to bed in a cabin at a soccer camp? You better take care of things in the shower before you go to sleep, or tomorrow morning will be painful and messy.

You go in there and get in a shower stall, soaping everything up under the water. You have a crush on Max at the moment, but you hope she won't hold it against you if you think about the sight of Lili's pale ass in that thong, bending to pick up her sandals. You start stroking and Max startles you by opening the curtain and stepping in.

She obviously didn't expect to find you like this, and jumps, looking apologetic. You stop, super embarrassed.

She's about to bolt, but you speak.

"What... what's up?" you ask, trying not to freak out.

Blushing, she moves closer to you. "I just wanted to tell you privately, you know, where nobody can hear, that I saw Rebecca with some girls from Green Team. I don't know, but it kind of looked like they were bullying her."

Oh... that's why she crashed you in the shower, not because she's as hot for you as you are for her.

"Oh," you say. Your boner disappeared immediately, but you're still wet and naked in front of her. Normally a petite, thin little body like hers would do nothing for you, but you really like her. Her nips are hard, and she's freshly shaved. She has a bruise on her leg, and a bug bite. You have never wanted someone this badly before.

"I don't know if you want to do anything or what. I just thought you should know. I'm so sorry." She ducks out, just as embarrassed as you.

But you did see the way her eyes were just stuck to your erection while it was still there.

You let out a long sigh. Rebecca, huh? Talking to Green Team? Now that you have the information, you'd better make a choice.

Let it be?

or

Investigate?